An amazing book

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This is a wonderful book and everyone should read it.

Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas not only recorded an anthem for the civil rights era – they fought for fair pay and proudly called themselves divas Classic songs ‘Nowhere to Run’ and ‘Dancing in the Street’ captured the revolutionary spirit of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.

Wrote a piece about Martha and the Vandellas, civil rights, and their place in the history of Black women R&B groups. I also created a YouTube playlist (in the comments) with some of their hits

My book TROOP MOVEMENTS is coming soon. Check it out?

It’s about political struggles over fascism & war, the imperial & the carceral, class & race & global freedom.

www.pennpress.org/978151282990...

If you might want to assign it, or review it, or preorder it — please stay tuned, or get in touch!

Text image with information about conference Book Talk: New Books on Race and Capitalism in the US and the World

If you’re @oah.org in Philly come hear @benchansfield.bsky.social @rbatzell.bsky.social @danielle-wiggins.bsky.social Patrick Chung and I discuss our new books on race and capitalism in the US and the world this afternoon (1:30-3pm)

Who will be at the OAH historians conference in Philly? Hope to cross paths!

On Friday at 10:30am — we have some dynamic scholars talking about labor and empire…

We're all set up here in Philly for @oah.org's annual meeting! Come visit us in booth 408 in the book exhibit if you're attending, or check out our #OAH26 virtual exhibit store, where you can save 40% on all books with code OAH26 (expires May 19)! https://bit.ly/3OjA5pj

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Thanks, Larry! 🙏

Are you headed to #OAH?? Let us know what panels #SHAFRHistorians should hit up and join us at the Loews Hotel Friday evening for an informal meet-up!

FYI — @lawcha.bsky.social — @shafrhistorians.bsky.social —

Who will be at the OAH historians conference in Philly? Hope to cross paths!

On Friday at 10:30am — we have some dynamic scholars talking about labor and empire…

STUART SCHRADER IN CONVERSATION WITH GEO MAHER (AUTHOR OF A WORLD WITHOUT POLICE) 7PM APRIL 16™H AT WOODEN SHOE BOOKS 704 SOUTH ST. PHILADELPHIA, PA *masks required

Hey friends in Philly and historians attending the OAH conference, I will be speaking about BLUE POWER tonight at Wooden Shoe Books. Hope to see you there!

Will Harvard will seek “viewpoint diversity” in the Business School and some of the most popular undergraduate majors in Arts and Sciences, including Applied Math, Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics, Neuroscience, Psychology, Statistics, and the various Engineering and Biology programs?

Been waiting for this! A must read.

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*thanks @pennpress.bsky.social

“viewpoint diversity” is a right-wing political project, as lisa siraganian explores in great detail here: www.aaup.org/academe/issu...

Response to “What Universities Can Be: Strategizing amid the Crisis in Higher Education” | LAWCHA For the current issue of Labor: Studies in Working Class History, Duke University is making free  a transcribed conversation provoked by the ongoing

"An invaluable primer on the essentials of labor organizing in higher education..." The latest issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social explores how we reached the current crisis in higher education and what can be done. The full article is available at LaborOnline.
lawcha.org/2026/04/06/r...

My book TROOP MOVEMENTS is coming soon. Check it out?

It’s about political struggles over fascism & war, the imperial & the carceral, class & race & global freedom.

www.pennpress.org/978151282990...

If you might want to assign it, or review it, or preorder it — please stay tuned, or get in touch!

Thanks for this work, @stschrader1.bsky.social

What politics shaped the US police/state? What does that mean for US today?

🚨📕 — “Blue Power” by Schrader

Stuart has a singular approach and voice — truly vital for US to grapple with our recent history and current situation…

"BLUE POWER: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves" by Stuart Schrader (@stschrader1.bsky.social) is now available from Basic Books!

A history of police unions that reveals how American law enforcement built a political movement that made cops untouchable.

Cop-Killer Bullets | Stuart Schrader Biaggi’s rise went hand-in-hand not just with law and order politics but with a shift in the balance of power within the police profession writ large—away from the respected chiefs, and toward the ira...

Incredibly excited to share this brief excerpt from BLUE POWER (@basicbooksgroup.bsky.social), published online today by
@nplusonemag.com. It's about how a cop who became a member of Congress herded police into a powerful lobbying unit. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

Congratulations to my pal @stschrader1.bsky.social! His new book Blue Power - which Ruthie Gilmore called a ‘tour de force’ - is out today!

“Schrader’s focus on the police as a political force — clarifies the rise of authoritarianism in the United States, and the political transformation it has wrought.”

"THIS IS AN URGENT BOOK-DEEPLY RESEARCHED AND BOLDLY ARGUED." -Walter Johnson, author of The Broken Heart of America

BLUE POWER is out on Tuesday! Still time to preorder from @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social with discount code BLUE20: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stuar...

How to Hold a City Hostage Historian Stuart Schrader on the untold history of police unions—and how they helped catapult cops to new heights of power and impunity.

“Police learned from—in some cases, literally stole ideas from—organized labor without preserving the fundamental principle of solidarity at the core of the labor movement.”

@stschrader1.bsky.social on his new book, BLUE POWER: HOW POLICE ORGANIZED TO PROTECT AND SERVE THEMSELVES: